In Rome's Colosseum and other amphitheaters in cities scattered across the sprawling ancient Roman Empire, gladiatorial ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...

Researchers compared puncture marks on an 1,800-year-old skeleton in the UK to various animal bites, and concluded that the ...

The first physical evidence that gladiators fought animals during the Roman period has been confirmed by researchers.

The findings center on a single skeleton discovered in a Roman-period cemetery outside York in England, a site believed to ...

Bite marks from a large cat, likely a lion, found in a ancient skeleton are the “first physical evidence” that gladiators ...

Until now, these clashes in the arenas of the empire were only known from written records and artistic representations ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of gladiatorial combat between a human and a lion.

Colin Coulter is Professor of Sociology in Maynooth University, and the coordinator of the inaugural Maynooth Festival of ...

Bite marks found on a skeleton discovered in a Roman cemetery in York have revealed the first archaeological evidence of ...

The skeleton found in York suggests that gladiatorial combats with wild animals extended into Roman provinces.

The discovery on remains found in York highlight how humans fighting large cats was entertainment on the edge of the Roman ...